He had made the ultimate sacrifice...only he wasn't really dead.

He signed their forms. He accepted their diagnosis. He welcomed the treatment.

He changed his name and disappeared.

Now he is treated as less than human. A pet, held in the Facility until he and his team are let loose on a government-sanctioned target.

Except this next target isn't some terrorist or criminal - it's a teenage girl on US soil, along with the woman who stole his heart.

”You know this mission has something to do with Wilson, don’t you?" Cutter said.

”Yeah, but I’m trying to not think about it too much."

”Well, you have to. It’s pretty clear that we’re supposed to take out Sassy and Peyton. This will destabilize Wilson, or so the Powers That Be think, and will cause him to crash and burn. Me? I think it will propel him into the winning seat because of the sympathy vote and his raging fury. Kill his daughter and he’ll burn it all down."

Jericho and his team may be a different kind of soldier, but they still hold to their moral codes and honor. Going against a direct order is not something they would normally consider...

But nothing about this team is normal.